Death in Murelaga: funerary titual in a Spanish Basque village

Book

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Basque Museum & Cultural Center

1994.001.002: Origformat: Other; Resolution: jpg
1994.001.002

Origformat: Other; Resolution: jpg

Name/Title

Death in Murelaga: funerary titual in a Spanish Basque village

Entry/Object ID

2008.006.006

Description

This study is the first description of the social structure of a rural Basque community - the village of Murelaga, in the province of Vizcaya, forty kilometers from Bilbao. The author finds that the social relationships of the living are most clearly defined and expressed in the elaborate ritual surrounding a death. xiv, 240 pages 23 cm.

Book Details

Author

Douglass, William A.

Place Published

City

Seattle

State/Province

Washington

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1969

Publication Language

English

Call No.

GT3262 .D68 1969 c.2